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1 Int, 1 | has been guarded by the Church for centuries as a brilliant
2 Int, 1 | desire expressed, to ask the Church to re-examine this characteristic
3 Int, 2 | from many pastors of God's Church. ~Some Serious Questions~
4 Int, 3 | celibacy of the clergy in the Church has long been before Our
5 Int, 3 | with the priesthood in the Church? Could the difficult observance
6 Int, 4 | show what we are in the Church: the servant of the servants
7 1, 5 | communities. 3 ~The Fathers of the Church~
8 1, 6 | that the Fathers of the Church and ecclesiastical writers
9 1, 6 | perfect chastity of the Church's ministers seem often to
10 1, 6 | cultural milieus in which the Church today, through her priests,
11 1, 8 | priestly celibacy in the Church does great harm in those
12 1, 8(4) | Office of Bishops in the Church, no. 35: AAS 58 (1966),
13 1, 8(4) | Missionary Activity of the Church, nos. 19, 38; AAS 58 (1966),
14 1, 9 | hurt and sadden the whole Church. These also maintain that
15 1, 13 | voice of the pastors of the Church and of the masters of the
16 1, 13 | still today in God's holy Church, in every part of the world
17 1, 14 | and to the service of the Church; it should distinguish his
18 1, 15 | accepted by those in the Church who hold power and bear
19 1, 15 | who hold authority in the Church to determine, in accordance
20 1, 15 | pastoral service of the Church, and what should be required
21 1, 16 | virtue and the beauty of the Church of Christ. These may not
22 1, 16 | of the divine Head of the Church and because they are revealed
23 1, 16(9) | Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the World of Today, no.
24 2, 17 | the practice of the early Church and the traditions of the
25 2, 18 | mystery of Christ and of the Church. In this process the experience
26 2, 19(15) | Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, no. 28: AAS 57 (1965),
27 2, 20 | of His own union with the Church. 25 Thus, Christian couples
28 2, 24 | always been considered by the Church "as a symbol of, and stimulus
29 2, 24(42) | Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, no. 42: AAS 57 (1965),
30 2, 25 | love for Christ and His Church. ~Ecclesiological Significance~
31 2, 26 | eternal Priest has loved the Church His Body and offered Himself
32 2, 26 | virginal love of Christ for the Church, and the virginal and supernatural
33 2, 27 | God, as preserved by the Church, stirs up vibrant and profound
34 2, 28 | the things of God and the Church, 48 and he imitates the
35 2, 28 | dedicates his voice to the Church who prays together with
36 2, 29 | whole spiritual good of the Church is contained": 52 acting
37 2, 33 | of the Lord Jesus. 61 The Church here below constitutes the
38 2, 33(61) | Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the World of Today, no.
39 2, 33(62) | Dogmatic Constitution on the Church , no . 5: AAS 57 (1965),
40 2, 33(65) | Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, no. 48: AAS 57 (1965),
41 3 | CELIBACY IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH~
42 3, 35 | service of Christ and His Church. ~
43 3, 36 | of the 4th century, the Church of the West strengthened,
44 3, 36 | pastors and teachers of the Church of God, the guardians and
45 3, 37 | anyone can dream that the Church will deliberately or even
46 3, 37 | the heroic times when the Church of Christ had to fight for
47 3, 37 | of victory, that is, the Church of Christ, free, chaste
48 3, 37 | chaste and catholic." 76~The Church of the East~
49 3, 38 | legislation of the Eastern Church is different in the matter
50 3, 38 | that most noble part of the Church, a situation which the Holy
51 3, 39(80) | Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, nos. 21, 28, 64: AAS 57 (
52 3, 40 | Tradition of the Western Church~
53 3, 41 | 41. In any case, the Church of the West cannot weaken
54 3, 42 | government of the Catholic Church, to which We alluded above, 82
55 3, 42 | that the authority of the Church does not hesitate to exercise
56 3, 42(83) | Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, no. 29: AAS 57 (1965),
57 3, 44 | Nevertheless, the whole present-day Church, solemnly and universally
58 3, 44 | together with the whole Church." 85~The Prayer of the People
59 3, 45 | the divine Spouse of the Church, and the Holy Spirit, her
60 3, 45 | Mother of Christ and of His Church, to pour out, especially
61 3, 48 | of faith, We express the Church's conviction on this matter.
62 3, 48 | souls 97 and increase to His Church. 98~
63 3, 49 | holy, their esteem for the Church as the institution of salvation
64 4, 50 | As We said above, 99 the Church is not unaware that the
65 4, 50 | recognition of human values by the Church in the recent Council. And
66 4, 51 | 51. Moreover, the Church cannot and should not fail
67 4, 54 | mystery of Christ and the Church for the good of all mankind:
68 4, 57 | the same form for all. The Church leaves to her married children
69 4, 59 | motherly solicitude of the Church, to whom he has given himself
70 5, 60 | ministers of Christ and His Church makes it incumbent on those
71 5, 60 | teacher and pastor of that Church to take steps to assure
72 5, 61 | responsibility within the Church of preparing future priests. ~
73 5, 62 | Mystical Body which is the Church. To her belongs the authority
74 5, 64 | damage to himself or to the Church. The life of the celibate
75 5, 69 | conscience before God and the Church. Ardor and generosity are
76 5, 69 | confidence of the whole Church as well as of all men. None
77 5, 71 | Gift to the Lord and His Church~
78 5, 72 | himself to the Lord and to His Church. ~In this way, the obligation
79 5, 72 | obligation of celibacy, which the Church makes a condition of Holy
80 6, 74 | been substantiated by the Church's experience and are no
81 6, 75 | sense of the mystery of the Church. There would be the risk
82 7, 84 | 84. The Church is very conscious of the
83 7, 84 | be really unsuited. ~The Church's Concern~
84 7, 85 | show at the same time the Church's concern to safeguard celibacy
85 7, 85 | granting such dispensations the Church always acts with heartfelt
86 7, 86 | unrest they bring to the holy Church of God, if they reflected
87 7, 87 | 87. Mother Church takes particular interest
88 7, 87 | circumstances, it is the wish of the Church that every persuasive means
89 7, 89 | the will of Christ and His Church. ~
90 8, 91(137)| Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, no. 28: AAS 57 (1965),
91 8, 92(139)| Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, no. 21: AAS 57 (1965),
92 9, 96 | that belongs to the whole Church. It is an enrichment and
93 9, 96 | consecrated to Christ and to the Church. ~Invitation to the Laity~
94 9, 97 | great assistance to the Church's ministers since it is
95 9, 97 | mystery of Christ and the Church, can suffer harm from various
96 End, 98 | Jesus and Mother of the Church, and to invoke for the Catholic
97 End, 98 | venerate the image of the Church, and model of faith, charity
98 End, 98 | and Mother obtain for the Church, which also is hailed as
99 End, 98(150)| Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, nos. 63.64: AAS 57 (1965),
100 End, 99 | 99. The Church proclaims her hope in Christ;
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